You have to take a listen to Ben Gott’s tribute collection ‘In the Morning: The Songs of Babybird’. Seven songs in mp3 format available online now.

Ben has made a collection of his babybird covers available at his blog Loquacious Music. The tracklist is Cornershop, Bad Habit, CFC, Steam Train, Wave Your Hands, Man’s Tight Vest and Hatesong (bonus track). You can download a 50.7 MB .zip file with the album as MP3s along with booklet and the cover art.

Extracts from the liner notes from the digital booklet:

“These songs were recorded between 23 and 25 March of 2008. The only instruments I used were my voice, my acoustic guitar, and my electric guitar. There was no metronome. There was no Auto-Tune or pitch correction. With the exception of a few backing vocals, there were no overdubs or “do-overs” of any kind. I sang from my heart, like Stephen does. My covers aren’t perfect—there are bits I flub or notes I just don’t hit—but I’d like to think that my labour of love comes across as I intended it: a heartfelt-appreciation for one of my favourite singers.”